Social Psychology

adjective showing a strong tendency to associate with one's own group and to avoid others

• The small community was known for being clannish, often keeping to themselves and rarely interacting with outsiders.
• The neighborhood is quite clannish, everyone seems to know each other and stick together.
• I heard that group is really clannish, they only hang out with each other and don't let anyone else in.
• The company's upper management was accused of being clannish, only promoting those who were part of their inner circle.

noun the tendency to explain historical or current events in terms of secret conspiracies

• Conspiracism is the belief in or the propagation of conspiracy theories.
• Some people are drawn to conspiracism because it offers simple explanations for complex events.
• I can't stand all the conspiracism going on in the chat groups.
• His mind was a breeding ground for conspiracism, always seeing hidden motives behind every action.